Bird AlbumBelgium · Flemish Region
Knokke - Het Zwin
215 species and 8,733 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
DunlinCalidris alpina
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Knokke - Het Zwin – Uitbreiding1 km171 species
- Knokke - Het Zwin – Zwinpark1 km211 species
- Heist - Baai van Heist10 km192 species
- Heist - Sashul & Vuurtorenweide10 km183 species
- Zeebrugge - De Fonteintjes14 km232 species
- Aalter - Kraenepoel33 km125 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Knokke - Het Zwin?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Knokke - Het Zwin?
215 species, from 8,733 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Knokke - Het Zwin in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Redshank, Little Egret, Meadow Pipit, European Rock Pipit and Eurasian Oystercatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.